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Senate Referral: S. 2090 was held at the desk. 

 Page H5225 

Quorum Calls—Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes 

and 12 recorded votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5218, 

H5218–19, H5219–20, H5220, H5220–21, H5221, 

H5223, H5223–24, H5224, H5224–25, H5261, 

H5262, H5262–63, H5263, H5264. There were no 

quorum calls. 

Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:01 p.m. 

Committee Meetings 

SWAPS AND FUTURES MARKETS 

Committee on Agriculture: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ‘‘Oversight of the Swaps and Futures 

Markets: Recent Events and Impending Regulatory 

Reforms’’. Testimony was heard from Gary Gensler, 

Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 

DOD AND VA COLLABORATION TO ASSIST 

SERVICE MEMBERS RETURNING TO 

CIVILIAN LIFE 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee on Armed 

Services and Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held a 

joint hearing on Back from the Battlefield: DOD 

and VA Collaboration to Assist Service Members Returning to Civilian Life. Testimony was heard from 

Leon E. Panetta, Secretary of Defense, Department of 

Defense; and Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

IMPROVING MILITARY CAPABILITIES FOR 

CYBER OPERATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities held a hearing on Digital Warriors: Improving Military Capabilities for 

Cyber Operations. Testimony was heard from Vice 

Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN, Commander, U.S. 

Fleet Cyber Command and Commander, U.S. Tenth 

Fleet, U.S. Department of the Navy; Lieutenant 

General Rhett A. Hernandez, USA Commander, 

U.S. Army Cyber Command, U.S. Department of the 

Army; Lieutenant General Richard P. Mills, USMC, 

Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration, Commanding General, USMC Combat 

Development Command, U.S. Department of the 

Marine Corps; and Major General Suzanne M. 

Vautrinot, USAF, Commander, 24th Air Force and 

Commander, Air Force Network Operations, U.S. 

Department of the Air Force. 

EXAMINING PROPOSALS TO STRENGTHEN 

THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT 

Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing entitled ‘‘Examining Proposals 

to Strengthen the National Labor Relations Act’’. 

Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on 

Energy and Power completed markup of the ‘‘No 

More Solyndras Act’’. The bill was forwarded, as 

amended. 

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL 

STABILITY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL 

Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held 

a hearing entitled ‘‘The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council’’. Testimony was 

heard from Timothy Geithner, Secretary, Department of the Treasury. 

INVESTIGATING THE CHINESE THREAT, 

PART TWO: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a 

hearing entitled ‘‘Investigating the Chinese Threat, 

Part Two: Human Rights Abuses, Torture and Disappearances’’. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

UNDERSTANDING THE HOMELAND 

THREAT LANDSCAPE 

Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held 

a hearing entitled ‘‘Understanding the Homeland 

Threat Landscape’’. Testimony was heard from Janet 

Napolitano, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; and Matthew Olsen, Director, National 

Counterterrorism Center. 

BEYOND THE STREETS: AMERICA’S 

EVOLVING GANG THREAT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, 

Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing 

entitled ‘‘Beyond the Streets: America’s Evolving 

Gang Threat’’. Testimony was heard from Robert F. 

Green, Assistant Commanding Officer, OperationsSouth Bureau, Los Angeles Police Department; Richard W. Stanek, Sheriff, Hennepin County, Minnesota; and public witnesses. 

CLOUD COMPUTING: AN OVERVIEW OF 

THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE ISSUES 

FACING AMERICAN INNOVATORS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet held a 

hearing entitled ‘‘Cloud Computing: An Overview of 

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Innovators’’. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

GAO REPORT: THE OBAMA 

ADMINISTRATION’S $8 BILLION 

EXTRALEGAL HEALTHCARE SPENDING 

PROJECT 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full 

Committee held a hearing entitled ‘‘GAO Report: 

The Obama Administration’s $8 Billion Extralegal 

Healthcare Spending Project’’. Testimony was heard 

from Jonathan Blum, Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare; James C. Cosgrove, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Edda Emmanuelli-Perez, Managing Associate 

General Counsel, Government Accountability Office. 

REGULATORY FREEZE FOR JOBS ACT OF 

2012 

Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on 

H.R. 4078, the ‘‘Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act of 

2012’’. The Committee granted, by a record vote, a 

resolution providing that the amendment to H.R. 

4078 printed in section 2 of the resolution shall be 

considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. 

DROUGHT FORECASTING, MONITORING 

AND DECISION-MAKING: A REVIEW OF 

THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED DROUGHT 

INFORMATION SYSTEM 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ‘‘Drought Forecasting, 

Monitoring and Decision-making: A Review of the 

National Integrated Drought Information System’’. 

Testimony was heard from Roger S. Pulwarty, Program Director, National Integrated Drought Information Systems, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, Department of Commerce; Gregory 

A. Ballard, Mayor, City of Indianapolis; and public 

witnesses. 

TALES OF RESILIENCE: SMALL BUSINESS 

SURVIVAL IN THE RECESSION 

Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a 

hearing entitled ‘‘Tales of Resilience: Small Business 

Survival in the Recession’’. Testimony was heard 

from public witnesses. 

OPPORTUNITY FOR EPA TO PROVIDE 

COMMUNITIES WITH FLEXIBILITY TO 

MAKE SMART INVESTMENTS IN WATER 

QUALITY 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment 

held a hearing entitled ‘‘Integrated Planning and 

Permitting, Part 2: An Opportunity for EPA To 

Provide Communities With Flexibility To Make 

Smart Investments in Water Quality’’. Testimony 

was heard from Ted Portune, Commissioner, Hamilton County, Ohio Board of Commissioners; Carter 

H. Strickland, Jr., Commissioner, New York City 

Department of Environmental Protection; Nancy 

Stoner, Acting Assistant Administrator for Water, 

Environment Protection Agency; and Cynthia Giles, 

Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

PUBLIC CHARITY ORGANIZATIONAL 

ISSUES, UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME 

TAX, AND THE REVISED FORM 990 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on 

Oversight held a hearing on Public Charity Organizational Issues, Unrelated Business Income Tax, and 

the Revised Form 990. Testimony was heard from 

Steven T. Miller, Deputy Commissioner for Services 

and Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service; and public witnesses. 

USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THE 

ADMINISTRATION OF SSI’S FINANCIAL 

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held 

a hearing on the Use of Technology To Improve the 

Administration of SSI’s Financial Eligibility Requirements. Testimony was heard from Carolyn Colvin, 

Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administration; Patrick P. O’Carroll, Jr., Inspector General, Social Security Administration; and public witnesses. 

Joint Meetings No joint committee meetings were held. 

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, 

JULY 26, 2012 

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) 

Senate 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: To hold 

hearings to examine S. 3239, to provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens, 9:30 a.m., SR–328A. 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: To 

hold hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s annual report to Congress, 10 a.m., 

SD–538. 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Business meeting to consider The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006, and Signed by the United 

States of America on June 30, 2009 (Treaty Doc 112–7), 

S. 3341, to require a quadrennial diplomacy and development review, and the nominations of Gene Allan Cretz, 


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